[OrangenowBlue]

Well first of all this is Paige's dad and she should be the one on here posting this instead of me, but she doesn't have the nerve which is one of her problems. Also, I've read all I can read without it making me sick. I have very very seldom posted anything on here about Paige or anyone else and what I have posted about her is mostly negative or the truth and I have never talked bad about any other player. We respect everyone who plays the game.
Paige has around 100 posts just on this topic alone, this is a 14 year old girl basketball player were are talking about here not a senior at UK.
Paige made her own decision to attend KCC, no one in her family attempted to persuade her one way or another, that doesn't mean everyone agreed with it.
Paige had over 1000 points in a little over 2 years of varsity play. She has had a couple of good players with her and a couple of very underrated coaches in that time at Cordia. Yea she took a lot of bad shots as a 7TH AND 8TH GRADER. She got yelled at more at home over it then at the game, even if she had 20+ points. It has even got to a point that I dont attend her games.
Make no mistake about it I'm not making excuses for her at all a bad shot is a bad shot, a bad pass is a bad pass, not hustling is not hustling. But give the devil her due. I watched team after team, put a chaser on her game after game, remember this is an 8TH grader on an average team that played every top team in the region except Knott and they almost went 500 and she averaged nearly 20 a game. Better free throw shooting and they may have even won one game in the regional tourney.
Remember I've trained her since 2nd grade and know what she can and cant do. Over the past year Paige has become more concerned about what she looks like and if she makes someone mad on her team then playing the game of basketball, something I'm sure most girls do at this age. She has lost a lot of the work ethic that she once had, watching kids in the gym after school working out on their own reminds how Paige got where she's at. Spending the summer at the park or sportsplex doing drill after drill, move after move and playing against men at LKLP, this is what seperated her from the crowd, instead of chatting on the computer or phone.
So here is how I feel about this whole situation.
Paige has the potential to be the second best player in the 14th region in her last three years, but she probably wont, she doesn't want to be. No one will pass Kendall.
Paige will be lucky to be in the top 10 after this year, and I can see a group of young girls on her team and in the 14th region catching her and passing her in the upcoming years, she doesn't mind that.
As for watching her this summer once or twice and then saying she didn't impress you, well it takes more than that to evaluate any player. And no she wouldn't take a game over unless told to.
KCC has the chance to be a top 3 team or better over the next 4 years, but a lot of things have to happened.
As far as going one on one, that's NOT how the game is played anyway, lots of great one on one players never won a championship and I never raised her to think that way.
The truth is this Paige's future success or failure lies with HER, if she ACTUALLY wants to be one of the best or not will depend how hard she works at it and if she can MATURE enough to handle it and become a leader. All one can ask of kids to be the best they can be no more or NO LESS. I would appreciate no more negative posts about her or at least admit who you are because she doesn't deserve any of them, she doesn't even have a name on here.
I know I may have stepped on toes and made someone mad, but enough is enough, even if she and I don't see eye to eye I'm still her dad.

I agree. The debates and discussions have gotten way to personal and this is a child that is only 14 years old. If it was left up to me I would close this thread. I know there has been other threads that has been closed for a lot less.